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About Masarguppi Village

Masarguppi is a mid sized village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,895, made up of 916 males and 979 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591243, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masarguppi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masarguppi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Hukeri
Pincode 591243
Area (hectares) 570.35 hectares
Population 1,895
Male Population 916
Female Population 979
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Masarguppi compares

By the 2011 count Masarguppi is the 72nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 570.35 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Masarguppi

Masarguppi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masarguppi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Masarguppi from other places

Masarguppi lies about 43 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Parakanahatti, about 18 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Masarguppi
Tehsil headquarters Hukeri 4.8 km
Nearest railway station Parakanahatti 18 km
District headquarters Belgaum 43 km

Villages closest to Masarguppi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hukeri tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Masarguppi

As per the Census of India 2011, Masarguppi village had a population of 1,895. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Masarguppi village has 916 males and 979 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masarguppi has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Masarguppi is 591243. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masarguppi covers 570.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masarguppi falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Masarguppi is Parakanahatti, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Masarguppi.

Masarguppi is about 43 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masarguppi is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Hukeri is about 4.8 km away. Parakanahatti is about 18 km away. Belgaum is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kochari (1.7 km), Nerli (2.3 km) and Arjunwad (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Masarguppi today is likely to be higher.

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